Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 4 offers 77.8K more tokens in context window than MiniMax M2.1. MiniMax M2.1 is $28.70 cheaper per million tokens. Grok 4 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 4, released by xAI on July 10, 2025, is a large language model featuring first-principles reasoning and comprehensive multimodal support. It features a 260K token context window and demonstrated strong performance on advanced reasoning and coding benchmarks. Grok 4 targets complex multi-step reasoning tasks, scientific analysis, and agentic workflows via the xAI API.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1, released by MiniMax on December 23, 2025, is a large language model with approximately 230 billion parameters featuring strong multi-language programming capabilities and an industry-leading multilingual coding profile. It features a 196K token context window and is optimized for complex real-world software engineering tasks across Rust, Java, Golang, C++, TypeScript, and other languages. M2.1 targets agentic coding workflows and applications requiring production-grade programming across diverse language environments.
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Grok 4
xAI
2025-07-10
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
2025-12-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Grok 4
MiniMax M2.1
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 4
xAI
MiniMax M2.1
Grok 4
MiniMax M2.1
Grok 4
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax